Beryllium
Magnesium
Calcium
Radium
Family
100

Who discovered the element beryllium?

Who are Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin and Friedrich Wöhler 

100

What is one common use of magnesium

What is...

1. It is used in laptops

2.Magnesium ignites easily and burns brightly

3. It is used in Fireworks

4. Magnesium can be added to molten steel or iron to remove sulfur

100

What is one interesting fact for the element calcium

What is...

1. The average adult has around 1 kg or 2 lb of calcium in their body; that's more than any other metallic element.

2.Egypt’s pyramids were made using limestone, which contains calcium

3. Calcium makes up 8% of the Moon’s crust

4.Calcium can be found in “limestone, chalk, marble, dolomite, eggshells, pearls, coral, stalactites, stalagmites, and the shells of many marine animals.”

100

What are two interesting facts about the element radium

What are...

1. Radium was once used as a luminous paint in watches but this was stopped after many workers died from radium exposure.

2.It takes about 7 tons of uranium ore for a single gram of radium to be found.

3.Radium turns from a silvery white to black when exposed to air.

4.Radium is present in every environment, just in small amounts.

100

Are the Alkaline Earth Metals Highly reactive, Reactive, Slightly reactive, or Not reactive.

What is Reactive

200

What is the origin of beryllium’s name?

What is derived the Greek word beryl

200

Identify two chemical properties of magnesium

What are...

1. joins together with most non-metals and almost every acid.

2. magnesium promotes organic reactions of condensation, reduction, addition and dehalogenation

3.a great number of metals can be produced by thermic reduction of its salts and oxidized forms with magnesium.

4.Takes place of hydrogen in boiling water

200

What is the atomic mass of the element calcium

What is 40.078 u

200

What are three common uses for the element radium

What are...

1. Radium is most commonly used in cancer treatment as radiotherapy.

2. Radium used to be used as a self-luminescent paint for clocks, watches, nuclear panels, aircraft switches, and instrumental dials.

3.Radium could be found also in ceramic glazes and glass

4.Radium used to be used as a self-luminescent paint for clocks, watches, nuclear panels, aircraft switches, and instrumental dials.

200

What is the natural state of Matter of the Alkaline Earth Metals

Solid

300

How many neutrons are there in the element beryllium?

What are 5 neutrons

300

What is the boiling point of magnesium

What is 1090 ℃

300

What are three common uses for the element calcium

What are...

1.Calcium can be used as an alloying agent for aluminium, beryllium, copper, lead and magnesium alloys.

2. Calcium is also used to make other metals, such as uranium and thorium.

3.In steel making, it is used to remove impurities from molten iron ore.

4.When it comes from limestone, it is a large part in the making of Portland cement.


300

What is the atomic number of radium

What is 88

300

What are the physical properties of the alkaline earth metal family

What is shiny, and silver 

400

What is the density of the element beryllium?

What is 1.8g/cm^3

400

Identify the Bohr Model for the element magnesium


What is the second model.


400

When was the element calcium discovered and who found it

What is 1808 and Sir Humphrey Davy

400

Who discovered radium

Who are Marie Curie and Pierre Curie

400

Match the Bohr model with the element


What is Strontium

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